“Into the Dunstan Mountains” is a 6 minute mini-documentary featuring Sam Neill. Sam shares some of the details of an open pit gold mine which Australian company Santana Minerals is trying to push through fast-track, and his concerns about the project.
The film was shot in late January 2026 and premiered to a small audience, just a few kms from the proposed mine site, in a small cinema in the Dunstan Mountains.
Sam says:
“I’ve loved this place all my life and I’ve lived here for decades. We are here as guardians for the environment we live in: we must respect those who came before us and be good ancestors for those who follow us. Looking after our land and our environment is part of this responsibility. We simply cannot let this travesty happen.”
Sam asks you to take action – see this page for details.
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